A Daily Dose of History (14 Oct 2024) Today's historical events:

• The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
• Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.
• Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
• The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends.
• Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
• The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
• War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.
• War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt.
• The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
• Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell is arrested by the British on charges of criminal conspiracy.
• American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
• George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
• Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
• The steam ship SS Mohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

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